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Yadanarbon FC 1-0 Kanbawza FC

Snap shots of the scene.

Myanmar Football News Portal - SoccerMyanmar.com

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A very good review of the league by US Wall Street Journal, with Video. A US perspective.

Amid Myanmar's Gloom, Pro Soccer Gives Locals a Chance to Cheer - WSJ.com

From Wall Streets Journal

Amid Myanmar's Gloom, Pro Soccer Gives Locals a Chance to Cheer Under the Police State's Watchful Eye, Fans Brave Monsoons, Vendors Hawk Betel Nuts

By A WSJ STAFF REPORTER
YANGON, Myanmar -- On a recent stormy evening here, a soccer player fired the winning goal to give his team, Okkthar United, a 2-1 victory over Delta United. Running with his arms outstretched, he veered towards the sidelines while thousands of fans screamed and smashed cymbals and drums.

Public displays of emotion are uncommon in Myanmar, a secretive police state. It's technically illegal for more than five people to gather in one place, and while ....

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Zeyar Shwe Myay 3-0 Delta United

ZSM
13' - Sithu Than
22' - Htoo Kyaw
84' - Yei Wai Yan Soe


Magway FC 1-2 Yadanarbon FC

Magway
4' - Soe Min Naing

YDNB
21' - Aung Kyaw Moe
45' - Yan Paing


Zeyar Shwe Myay 0-2 Kanbawza

KBZ
6' - Aung Kyaw Oo
39' - Zaw Zaw Aung (OG)

Magway loses their first game. Yadanarbon remains undefeated.

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Okkthar United 0-2 Yadanarbon FC (Yan Paing 9' (pen), 40')

Yadanarbon advances to the final of Myanmar National League Cup 2009, by "winning" the league round with 17 points.

Comments by Yadanarbon's coach Rohan Girard. (Translated from soccermyanmar.com)

"We had many chances and could have scored 4 or 5 goals. But like the teams we've played before, Okkthar is difficult to play against. Although the young Okkthar players are not experienced, they were able to give us a good game. We did very well in the second half, such as our passing game. Yan Paing wasn't feeling very well, he recovered only 3 days ago. You can tell from his game. However, with some good opportunities, he was able to score goals. Because Okkthar's players are young, they had physical advantage. Even though it seems like all hope is lost for them to win, they continued to give their best tirelessly. The final, whether it's against Yangon or Magway, is going to be a tight and exciting game."

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Magway 0-1 Kanbawza (Soe Min Oo 70')

Kanbawza destroys Magway's hopes of reaching final. Magway finishes league round in 3rd position, Kanbawza finishes 4th.

Yadanarbon 1st, Yangon 2nd.

Final on July 5th

Yangon United vs. Yadanarbon

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Now that MFF and government would not be fussy about players playing abroad, myanmar players could see some offers in future.

Yan Paing and Soe Myat Min were approached way before and then MFF took a long time to come to a decision and lost a few opportunities.

Such as this. Before Tiger Cup '04 when Soe Myat Min showed more.

Saturday December 20, 2003

Myanmar’s Myat Min likely to play for Penang
BY LOGANATH VELLOO

PENANG: Striker Myat Min together with teammate and midfielder Yan Paing caught the eyes of the Penang FA deputy president, Datuk Seri Dr Ibrahim Saad, who was the manager of the Malaysian team for the Games. ....

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp...651&sec=sports

Then...

New Straits Times
12-29-2003
Penang say no to Myanmar duo

FA deputy president Datuk Seri Dr Ibrahim Saad said the association would not be hiring the two at the moment although the Myanmar FA had given the players the greenlight to play for Penang. ....

Penang say no to Myanmar duo | Article from New Straits Times | HighBeam Research

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Due to their recent international outing as well as domestic league, Kanbawza FC was approached by 8 foreign players from Thailand, Portugal, Australia and Argentina for negotiations to play for Kanbawza.

Kanbawza reveals that they have no plans to hire foreign players.

http://www.soccermyanmar.com/index.p...gue&Itemid=104

Myanmar football will never improve with this mentality.

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Thai Premier League club Muang Thong United signs Yan Paing, in an exchange with Burkina Faso player Valery Sanou.

Further information on fees and contracts are hard to find.

Finding information on these news is really hard.

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Looks like the Thai forums are following MNL with latest updates and discussions.

Asean Football : Yadanarbon ¢Öé¹ÃÑ駽٧ºÍžءÒÁ -¤ÇÒÁÃé͹áç¢Í§Yan Paing

They also covered the league even before it started.

With all respect to their open-mindedness.

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Soe Myat Min is featured in Goal.com's 10 Asian Players to watch in 2009.

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